Willingness to pay for health improvements of physical activity on prescription

Abstract

The willingness to pay for the health improvements of exercise is influenced by a higher education level, income and BMI. The highest WTP for a health outcome of physical activity is for an immediate health improvement. The results of this randomized controlled trial in primary health care may be of interest to decision makers when evaluating different approaches to promoting physical activity among people who are sedentary.

Economic Valuation of Health Care Services in Public Health Systems: A Study about Willingness to Pay (WTP) for Nursing Consultations

“…It was expected that subjects with higher payment ability and those who live in high-income neighbourhoods would show higher WTP. The role of financial capability as an explanatory factor of WTP was anticipated from the theoretical point of view [16], [25] and it repeatedly appears in the literature [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [29], corroborating that the model is consistent with economic theory. The education level of subjects has been associated with higher WTP in studies of health services [15], [30].…”

“…This methodology, whose strengths and limitations have been widely discussed [8], has been utilized in the context of community health care. It has been used to estimate WTP to improve health care in developing systems [9], and for valuation of programs of health promotion [10], mental health care [11], improvements in health condition derived from physical activity programs [12], or WTP for formal [13] and informal [14] care.…”

Design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation of health care system: The paradigm of primary health care services users in Greece

“…However, the majority of outpatients show understanding about the waiting list when they know the reason about the delays (Niakas et al, 2005). The attitude and interest of the nursing staff about the prediction of a disease and the reassurance of the patient plays an important role in outpatients' satisfaction and improvement in infrastructure is the most important for health services users (Papagiannopoulou et Objection to pay for physician services is found to be strongly related to the quality/access characteristics (Danyliv et al, 2013, Romé, et al, 2010. However most elderly, don't want to use private services due to limited income (Su et al, 2012).…”

A culturally adapted lifestyle intervention addressing a Middle Eastern immigrant population at risk of diabetes, the MEDIM (impact of Migration and Ethnicity on Diabetes In Malmö): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

“…Participants will be asked to give reasons for their willingness and unwillingness to pay. The methodology will follow that used in two previously published studies with similar lifestyle interventions [60,61]. …”